Welding apparatus.



E. G. BUDD. WELDING. APPARATUS. APPLIOATIGNHIED 13,110.21, 1907.

Patented Feb.8, 1910.

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Enwnnn e. Bunn, or PHILAJJFLPHLA,` PENNSYLVANIA, assIeNoa 'ro HALE-KILBUNN l METAL coNPaNY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AcoaPonnTIoN or PENN;

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WELDING arrana'rus.

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Specification of Letters Ejatent. Application led December 21, 1907. Serial No. 407,586.

Patented Feb. l8,1139'11).

Welding Apparatus, of which the following v is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for welding and has reference, more particularly, to apparatus for this purpose employing a blow-pipe burner for reducing the metal of the parts to be welded. Preferably, the type of burner employed is an oxygen acetylene blow-pi e with which a very high heat may readi y e obtained. v

The object of the invention is to provide an 4improved apparatus for' welding, employing such a blow-pipe burner with which the operation of welding may be quickly and readily performed, at small expense of time and labor.

In .accordance with the invention, a suitable support .for the parts to be welded is provided and a burneris mounted in position to play on the. edges of these parts -which are to be' united. Provision is made for adjustment of the burner both as to its angular relation and as to its distance from the parts to be welded,i n order that the best working position of the burner may always be obtained. In order vto make the apparatus automatic in its action, means are employed for moving the burner and the su gortV for the parts to be welded relative yv uring the welding operation so that the flame from the burner travels along the line of the weld. Thus it is only necessary to properly adjust the parts, turn on the iame and start the devices foi effecting the relative movement of the parts and burner, after which the travel of the flame along the line of the weld and the uniting of the partswill take place without further attention. The apparatus is of special utilityv when used with an oxygen acetylene burner, as the flame from such a burner will reduce the metal of the parts to be united to the melting point very quickly. When the metal at any particular point along the line ofV the weld has been reduced to the melting' point, the ame should be quickly removed to allow the metal to set before it flows away; I therefore mount the burner so that it. can be moved intermittently to 'carry 'the iame away frolnthe welding point, the burnerbeing preferably pivotally mounted and a device being provided for rocking it on its pivot. This movement. of the burner is preferably such that Vthe flame is moved along the line of the weld soy that while the metal at the welding point is setting, the ilame is heating the metal at a point slightly in advance of the weldingpoint so as to raise its temperature preparatory to the welding which is to follow. p

The preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an end view of the apparatus, Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same broken away in part, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4.--4 of Fi 3 and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 o Fig. 3^.`

Referring to thesedrawings, 1 indicates a' bed on which is mounted a suitable support 2 for the'parts to be welded together. In the drawings 'I have shown the su port 2 as arranged to hold a blank 3 which has been curled to tubular form in position for welding together the edges of the blank to form a seamless tube. It is to be noted, however, that the invention is in no' way limited as to the use to which the apparatus is put,

and that various other devices may be welded together with the apparatus by merely changing the construction o'f the devices for support-ing them upon the bed 1. 0n the upper face of'bed 1 is a ide 4 which is received in corresponding y shaped recesses in a suIp-port 5 on which the burner 6 is mounte At the'ends of the bed 1, bearings `7 are provided in which a shaft 8 is mounted for rotation, this shaft bein provided with collars 9 secured to the sha t one on either side of one of the bearin s 7 to preclude axial movement of the sha t. A gear 10 is keyed on the end of shaft 8 and is engaged byv suit-able power driven devices to cause rotation of the shaft in its bearings. tween the bearings'?, shaft.8 is threaded, as shown, and the relative movement of the burner and the support for the parts to be welded, is effected by the threaded shaft 8.l l For this purpose a half nut. is formed upon a block 11 carried by the support 5, this nut engaging the threads on shaft 8. In 'order to permit rapid relative movement of the burner and support'aft'er the-welding operamade movable relatively to support 5.

vertical o ening is formed in the support to. -p

ock 11 and the' block is provided receive b with an opening as shown in Fig. to receivean eccentric 12 formed upon the end ofl a pin 13 which'extends through an opening half revolutlon,

1n support 5 and has an operating handle 1 secur upon its end. As shown in Fig. 3, the nut isin engagement with the threads of shaft 8 and rotatlon of the shaft will cause throug the eccentric 12 .will raise block 11 in the o ening in support 5to carry bed 1; y turning the handle the half nut on t' e block out of engagement 5 in a direction parallel to tlie axis of-s with the threads on shaft 8 so that support.

5 may be moved freely ineither direction.

The burner 6 issupported by a bracket 15 which may be adjusted relatively to suppo 8 and then locked in any desired osition. For this purposebracket is rov1 ed wlth a slot 16 to receive a screw 1 the end of which is adaited to. enter a threaded opening in sup ort The vertically-disposed pprtion o bracket 15 is also provi ed wit `a s1ot18fadapted to receive a screw 19, .the threaded 'end of which enters a -threaded opening in an arm 2Q. The burner 6, which may b e of any suitable construction 1s mounted inv an'opening in the-outer. en of arm 20 so that it 'may be rocked in this open1 vet . 'verticall adjustable in the en of a rod 23..

.o enin '-40 t e bed ing on an axisperpendicular to the axis of shaft 8. Secured to the burner is an arm21 the outer end of which bears u on a stud 22 This r is adapted to reci rocate in an formed in a bracket 2 secured upon 5'- and at its lower end carries a roller 25 which bears upon the-periphery of a cam26. This cam has an o ening formed v therein through which the s aft 8 extends loosely but the cam is made to rotate with shaft 8 by means of a spline 27 (Figs.'3 and 4) which enters a keiway running lengthwise of shaft 8 anda eyway-formed on the interior of the opening throu h the cam 26. Cam ,26 and spline 27 are hel in theE pro r relation to the roller 25 throughout the re ative movements of the burner support and '-"bed by y guides 28 and 29- depending'from end ashort shaft, one end 31'. of .which is.

bed 5, one on either side of the cam and splnef.,` Depending from the support 5 at the rear thereof is an arm'4 30 carrying at its-lower uared tojreceive a suitable operating hane, andthe other end oflwhich carries a.

inion 32v which meshes with a rack ormed 'on the bottom of the bed 1.. j v 'The operation 'of the apparatus will'now be described. The parts "to .be welded together are mounted upon the bed'l` in an J sitablelsmanner with 'fthe line along 'whit In the drawin s I made de ending upon the .s

the Weld is to be made running parallel to theaxis of shaft 8. The burner isthen so ositioned thattheiame issuing therefrom will be directed downwardly upon. the parts to be united along .this`line. Any desired adjustment of the angular position of the burner and thedistance between Vit and .the parts to be .united can readily be secured by means of the screws 17, 19 and 22. With the block 11 raised out of engagement with the screw on shaft 8, the sup ort 5 is movedby meansofa handle applie4 to the squared end 31 of the shaft carrying the pinionv32 until theburner is in position to play upon the parts to be united at the be innlng of the line the threads thereon coact with those of the l half-nut on block 11 to move the parts toA be united and the. burner relatively and thus cause-the burner to travel along the line of the weld. The high heatfof 'thediame from the burner quickly reducesthe metal of the parts at theV Welding' point., vAs shaft '8 rotates, the cam 26 rotates with it and as each ofthe raised portions thereon come' i under theroller 25 the'latter with rod 23 and screw 22 are raised 'and coact with the arm 21 to rock the burner in its pivoted support. This v.operates to move the flame from the is setting and the m vement of the burner issuch that during t is period the flame is playing upon the metal. of the parts to be united on the line of the weld and slightly in advance of the welding point so 'thatthe metal at that abling the we dat that point to be made more quickly when the relative movement of the burner and support hasprogressed somewhat. The fiame thus travels the length' of the line .of the weld, reducing the oint is heated somewhat, en.`

Welding point while the 4met-al at this point metal atthe ed es of the parts tobe united until'it flows an beingrocked on its pivotal su port intermittently so that the fiameis vralsad momentarily'from the welding point while the metal at that point` is setting, and While so raised the metal in .advance of the welding point is bein pre-heated.

ave shown the cam 26 as provided wit two raised portions but any desired variation in this respect may be ed at'` which the machine is to be run, the t ickness of the vmetal of the parts` to be united and various other considerations.-

c It will be seen that-with the apparatus here disclosed the operation is automatic so that if the, line of the weld is of considerable length the operators attention'isrequired but a'small portion of the weldingA operation. e Thework of welding maythereduring 948,965 y ai fore be performed quickly and at small expense.. A Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. Welding apparatus comprising. a support' for'theparts to be Welded, a burner v for applying heat to said parts, means for .movement of the support and burner to intermit'tently-remove the flainevfrom the Welding point, substantially as described.

2. Welding apparatus comprising a support for the part'sto be Welded, a burner for applying heat to said pai'ts, means for 4effecting a relative movement of said support and burner to cause the flame from the burner to travel along the line of the Weld, and means for automatically moving said burner in the direction of the line of the Weld intermittently during such relative movement of the support and burner to cause the flame fromthe burner to act in' termittently on said parts at a point in the line of the Weld in advance of the Welding point, substantially as described.

3. `Welding apparatus comprising a support for the parts to be Welded, heating devices for applying heat to said parts, means for effecting a relative movement of said support and heating devices to cause the latter to travel along the line of the Weld, and means for giving to said heating devices a reciprocatory movement in the direction of the line of the Weld duiing said relative movement of the support and heating devices, substantially as described. 4. `Welding apparatus comprising a support for the arts to be Welded, a burner for directing a ame against said parts, means for adjusting said burner relatively to said parts, means for effecting a relative movement of said support and burner to cause the flame to travel along .the line of the Weld, and means for reciprocating said burner during said relative movements of the burner and support, substantially as described. f 1 i 5. Welding apparatus comprising a su port for the parts to be Welded, a pivotalloy mounted burner, and means for simultane! ously rocking said burner on its pivot intermittently .and moving said burner and support relatively to cause the yllame from the burner to travel along the'line of the Weld,l

substantially as described.

6. Welding apparatus comprising a` support for the parts to be Welded, a burner for directing a flame on said parts, devices for adjusting the angular relation of said burnerand the distance between the same and said parts, means for moving the burner and said parts relatively to cause the flame to travel along the line of the Weld, and means for intermittently moving said burner duiing the relative movement of the burner and the parts to be Welded to cause the burner to act on said parts at a point in advance of the Welding point, substantially as described;

7. Weldingiapparatus comprising a sup` port for the parts to bewelded, a pivotally mounted burner for directing a tlanie ou said parts, a cam, means actuated'by said cam for rocking said burner on its pivot, and a single means for operating said cani andinoving said support and burner relatively to cause the flame to travel along the line of the Weld, substantially as described.

8. Welding apparatus comprising a support for the parts to be Welded, a burner for applying' heat. to said parts, a eed- 'screw for moving said burner to cause the flame therefrom to travelalong the line of the Weld, means for disconnecting the.

burner from the screw, means for returning the burner to initial position, and means forl automatically moving said burner intermittently during the movement thereof effected by said feed-screw to-intermittently remove the flame from the Welding point, substantially as described.

9. Welding apparatus comprising a support for the parts to be Welded, a burner for heating the parts, means for adjusting the angular disposition of the burne-r relatively to saidA parts and its distance therefrom, means for moving said burner and support relatively to cause the burner to travel along the line of theweld, and means for automatically moving tlie burner intermittently during said relative movement of the burner and support to automatically remove the flame from the Welding point, substantially as described.

l0. Welding apparatus comprising a stationary support for the parts to be Welded, a pivotally mounted burner for 'directing a flame on said parts, means for moving said burner to cause the flame thereof to travel along the line of the weld, a cam moving with said burner and actuated in accordance with the movement of the burner, and means actuated by the cam for rocking the burner on its pivot, substantially as described.

A1l. Welding apparatus comprising a support for the parts to be Welded, a burner, a support on which the burner is pivotally mounted, a feed-screw extending in a direction transverse to the pivotal axis of the burner, means for operating said feed-screw,

v port for the parts to be Welded, a burner A12. Welding apparatus comprising a supsupport, on which the burner'is pivota mounted, a feed-screw extending in a direction transverse to the pivotal axis of the burner, means for operating said feed-screw means actuated by said feed-'screw to feed "said su port for the burner, a' cam splined on sai 'feeii-serew and moving with said.'`

suppont for'the burner, and ineans actuated 1 a by said:V cam4 for rocking the burner, sbly stantiallyfas described.

v'lhs specification sigged and witnessedthis 17th day 'of Decem p 1907,

- Y EDWARD G. BUDD. Witn:

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